Saturday, October 27, 2012

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Threat of superstorm launches mass evacuations in coastal areas 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 08:18 PM PDT
Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers cover an entrance to the Canal Street A, C, and E station with plywood to help prevent flooding, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, in New York. As Hurricane Sandy approaches the New York region, residents of some flood-prone areas have been told to evacuate and officials are preparing for a possible transit system shutdown. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don't get fixated on a particular track. Wherever it hits, the rare behemoth storm inexorably gathering in the eastern U.S. will afflict a third of the country with sheets of rain, high winds and heavy snow, say officials who warned millions in coastal areas to get out of the way.
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Rubio leaves Romney bus after daughter’s accident 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 04:33 PM PDT
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who is traveling with Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, speaks to reporters on his campaign plane en route to Orlando, Fla., Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. At rear right is senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Florida Sen. Marco Rubio abruptly dropped off Mitt Romney's campaign bus just east of Tampa on Saturday evening after word that his 12-year-old daughter had been injured in a car accident in Miami and airlifted to a local hospital. According to his office, Rubio, who had been campaigning with Romney in Florida today, [...]
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Obama hits Romney for ‘cradle-to-grave tax hikes and fees’ 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 01:18 PM PDT
U.S. President Obama addresses supporters at a campaign rally at Elm Street Middle School in Nashua, New HampshireMocking Mitt Romney's vow to bring "big change" to Washington, President Barack Obama charged at a campaign rally here Saturday that his Republican rival was actually offering a "big re-run" of George W. Bush's policies. The embattled incumbent also hit Romney's record as governor of nearby Massachusetts, accusing him of imposing "cradle-to-grave [...]
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'Frankenstorm': Worse than sum of its parts 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 04:34 PM PDT
A person rides in a cart blown by the winds along the Altlantic Ocean in North Wildwood, N.J., Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, as the winds pick up ahead of Hurricane Sandy. From the lowest lying areas of the Jersey shore, where residents were already being encouraged to leave, to the state's northern highlands, where sandbags were being filled and cars moved into parking lots on high ground, New Jersey began preparing in earnest for Hurricane Sandy. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)The storm that is threatening 60 million Americans in the eastern third of the nation in just a couple of days with high winds, drenching rains, extreme tides, flooding and probably snow is much more than just an ordinary weather system. It's a freakish and unprecedented monster.
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Romney wins major newspaper endorsement in Iowa 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 05:37 PM PDT
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Romney greets audience members at a campaign rally in KissimmeeMitt Romney won a major newspaper endorsement on Saturday, as the Des Moines Register's editorial board formally backed the GOP candidate's bid for the presidency. It was the first time in 40 years the influential battleground state paper endorsed a Republican in the general election, dating back to its support of Richard Nixon [...]
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Economic hardship argument tough sell for Ryan in Ohio 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 04:15 PM PDT
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks at a campaign event at the Gradall Industries plant in New Philadelphia, Ohio, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Phil Long)Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan told an Ohio rally on Saturday about a friend's financial hardship, but his party's narrative that President Barack Obama has failed on the U.S. economy may be a difficult sell in the crucial battleground state. "I've got a buddy who was making 25 (dollars) an hour who went to make 9 dollars an hour as a cashier at a gas station temporarily with no benefits. That's the story of the American economy right now," Ryan told a crowd of 1,000 people at an excavator factory. ...
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Spokesman: Obama did not deny requests for help in Benghazi 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 11:24 AM PDT
President Barack Obama walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, heading to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. to attend the transfer of remains ceremony marking the return to the United States of the remains of the four Americans killed this week in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)The White House on Saturday flatly denied that President Barack Obama withheld requests for help from the besieged American compound in Benghazi, Libya, as it came under on attack by suspected terrorists on September 11th. "Neither the president nor anyone in the White House denied any requests for assistance in Benghazi," National Security Council spokesman [...]
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Expanded Neon Museum in Las Vegas reopens 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 03:57 PM PDT
FILE This March 1, 2001 file photo shows the marquee of the Sahara Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Owners of the closed Sahara Hotel Casino on the Las Vegas Strip plan to donate one of the property's iconic signs to the Neon Museum. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)In a city known for detonating buildings past their prime, Las Vegas' Neon Museum stands alone in its zeal for salvaging the blinking, glowing memories of Sin City's past.
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Six new cases reported in meningitis outbreak 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 01:02 PM PDT
A sample of Cladosporium species, one of the fungi diagnosed in the fungal meningitis outbreak sweeping the United States, in Nashville, TennesseeSix new cases of fungal meningitis have been reported in an outbreak tied to contaminated steroid injections that has led to 25 deaths in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday. The CDC reported three new cases in Florida, two in Ohio and one in Indiana, raising the total number of meningitis cases attributed to the tainted steroid to 337 in 18 states. This type of meningitis cannot be spread person-to-person. ...
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Bombings, clashes leave Syria truce in tatters 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 01:53 PM PDT
In this Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 photo, smoke rises from the Karmal Jabl neighborhood, during clashes between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)A Syrian warplane flattened a three-story building, suspected rebels detonated a deadly car bomb and both sides traded gunfire in several hotspots across the country Saturday, activists said, leaving a U.N.-backed holiday truce in tatters on its second day.
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New Pakistan outreach could aid Afghan peace deal 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 08:53 PM PDT
FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2012 file photo, Pakistani Taliban patrol in their stronghold of Shawal in the Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan. Pakistan has stepped up outreach to some of its biggest enemies in Afghanistan, a significant policy shift that could prove crucial to U.S.-backed efforts to strike a peace deal in the war-torn country.The target of the diplomatic push has mainly been non-Pashtun political leaders who have been at odds with Pakistan for years because of the country's historical support for the Afghan Taliban, a Pashtun movement. (AP Photo/ Ishtiaq Mahsud, File)Pakistan has increased efforts to reach out to some of its biggest enemies in Afghanistan, a significant policy shift that could prove crucial to U.S.-backed efforts to strike a peace deal in the neighboring country.
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Navy replaces admiral leading Mideast strike group 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 05:27 PM PDT
In an unusual move, the Navy has replaced an admiral commanding an aircraft carrier strike group while it is deployed to the Middle East.  The replacement was prompted by an Inspector General’s investigation of allegations of inappropriate leadership judgment. Rear Adm. Charles M. Gaouette, the commander...
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R&B singer Natina Reed struck by car in Georgia 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 07:21 PM PDT
Singer and actress Natina Reed wears a winged outfit as she arrives for the premiere of her new film..Natina Reed, a member of the R&B singing trio Blaque, was struck and killed by a car as she walked in a major roadway in Georgia, police said on Saturday. Reed, who also appeared in the cheerleader movie "Bring It On" in 2000, would have turned 33 on Sunday. She was struck by a car at about 10:30 p.m. Friday on a state highway just north of the Atlanta suburb of Lilburn, Gwinnett County Police Sergeant Rich Long said. The car's driver called 911 and a passenger performed CPR but Reed was pronounced dead at an area medical centre, police said. ...
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Marines, police prep for mock zombie invasion 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 02:38 PM PDT
US Marines march in DarwinMove over vampires, goblins and haunted houses, this kind of Halloween terror aims to shake up even the toughest warriors: An untold number of so-called zombies are coming to a counterterrorism summit attended by hundreds of Marines, Navy special ops, soldiers, police, firefighters and others to prepare them for their worst nightmares.
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Romney woos Florida early vote; Obama eyes N.H. 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 08:11 PM PDT
President Barack Obama points towards supporters after speaking at a campaign event at Elm Street Middle School, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Juggling politics and storm preparations, Mitt Romney dangled a plea for bipartisanship before early voters in Florida on Saturday as Barack Obama worked to nail down tiny New Hampshire's four electoral votes. Both campaigns scrambled to steer clear of a most unlikely October surprise, a superstorm barreling up the East Coast.
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Romney cancels Virginia events ahead of Hurricane Sandy 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 11:17 AM PDT
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gets out of his vehicle to board his campaign plane in Akron-Canton Regional Airport, North Canton, Ohio, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, as he travels to Pensacola, Fla., for campaign events. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Mitt Romney is canceling campaign events on Sunday in Virginia as a "precautionary move" as the East Coast braces for Hurricane Sandy, which is expected to make landfall late Sunday night or early Monday morning. Instead, the GOP nominee will travel from Florida, where he's campaigning Saturday, to Ohio on Sunday morning, where he [...]
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Iraq bombings, house raids leave 40 dead 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 04:10 PM PDT
People gather at the scene of a bomb attack in the neighborhood of Bawiya in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. A bombing near a playground and other insurgent attacks killed 18 people including several children in Iraq on Saturday, police said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)Iraqi insurgents unleashed a string of bombings and other attacks primarily targeting the country's Shiite community on Saturday, leaving at least 40 dead in a challenge to government efforts to promote a sense of stability by preventing attacks during a major Muslim holiday.
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Study: Quitting smoking before 30 increases women’s lifespan 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 02:18 PM PDT
Women who quit smoking by the age of 30 almost completely avoid the risk of an early tobacco-related death â€" by more than 97 percent â€" according to a study of more than a million women in the United Kingdom. Conversely, lifelong smokers on average die 10 years earlier than non-smoking women. The results were [...]
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Ryan: Obama hasn't made case he deserves new term 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 04:31 PM PDT
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is greeted by his wife Janna and his son Charlie, holding a sign, after his campaign speech at the Gradall Industries plant in New Philadelphia, Ohio, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Phil Long)Starting a two-day bus tour of Ohio's small towns and cities, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan told voters Saturday that President Barack Obama hasn't made the case he deserves a second term.
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Missouri's Senate race a statistical dead heat: poll 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 03:31 PM PDT
Democratic Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill holds a slim lead of 2 percentage points over Republican challenger Todd Akin - essentially a deadlock - in a race being closely watched following Akin's controversial comments on "legitimate rape," a poll released on Saturday showed. McCaskill had been seen as one of the most vulnerable incumbent Democrats but has led Akin in most polls since he said in August that women could biologically defend themselves against pregnancy caused by "legitimate rape. ...
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In Florida, black churches scramble to get early voters to polls 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 01:37 PM PDT
Errol Thompson, a Baptist pastor in Orlando's black community, acknowledges that the excitement over Barack Obama becoming the first black U.S. president has cooled. But with the Democratic president locked in a tight race against Republican challenger Mitt Romney, Thompson still expects voter turnout in Florida for the November 6 election to be equal to or greater than it was four years ago. ...
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